supply

Definition of supply

supplied

supplying

transitive verb

2[Middle French souploier, alteration of soupplier]a: to provide for :satisfy<laws by which the material wants of men are supplied — Bulletin of Bates College>b: to make available for use :provide<supplied the necessary funds>c: to satisfy the needs or wishes ofd: to furnish (organs, tissues, or cells) with a vital element (as blood or nerve fibers)

3: to substitute for another in; specifically: to serve as a supply in (a church or pulpit)

intransitive verb

supplier

Examples of supply in a sentence

The company supplied the necessary money.

You'll have to supply your own food.

Origin and Etymology of supply

Middle English supplien to complete, compensate for, from Middle French soupplier, from Latin supplēre to fill up, complete, raise (a military unit, crew) to its full complement, substitute, from sub- up + plēre to fill — more at sub-, full

Near Antonyms

supply

Definition of supply

supplies

2aobsolete:reinforcements —often used in pluralb: a member of the clergy filling a vacant pulpit temporarilyc: the quantity or amount (as of a commodity) needed or available <beer was in short supply in that hot weather — Nevil Shute>d:provisions, stores —usually used in plural

3: the act or process of filling a want or need <engaged in the supply of raw materials to industry>

4: the quantities of goods or services offered for sale at a particular time or at one price